Kitchen wall & backsplash
Stephanie
8 years ago
Looking for recommendations for what color to paint the kitchen walls that would go with the Quartz I have pictured (cambria Montgomery). Ideally looking for a cool color. Also need backsplash suggestions as well. Was thinking using the sea foam colored glass subway tiles to bring out the blue/green veining in the Quartz. I'm going for more of a traditional look if possible and the cabinets will be white/slightly off white. Thanks for your help!
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Terri Henderson
8 years agoStephanie
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carol smiley
8 years agocarol smiley
8 years agoStephanie
7 years agoThank you for everyone's suggestions. April you had amazing suggestions and I loved all of them! We live in a two story brick home from 1928. Very neat house with lots of hardwood (floors, moulding, built-ins) and lots of arches. Right now the cabinets are stained and this is the backsplash we are going to do... I do plan to paint the cabinets. They just don't look right (weren't stained well) next to the built-ins (which we were attempting to match). I painted the walls November Rain BM (not pictured) cause that's what cambria recommended to go with the Quartz but I'm not loving it. It looks almost dingy (kind of an off white gray/green color) in some lights so definitely still looking for a new paint color. Thinking of doing Alabaster SW for the cabinets but definitely could use some suggestions for that as well!
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sandradclark
7 years agoStephanie
7 years agoWe still need to add the open shelving but wanted to show how it was coming along. Thanks again for everyone's advice!!
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